Entertainment

Regular readers will know that I first saw this at the Toy Fair in January and it was one of the items I requested to review as and when available, now it has arrived from Gizoo.

I love music but I am no musician, however this Casio keyboard with all it’s learning modes would certainly give me the best chance to at least grasp the rudiments of music.

Wind up radios have been around for a while, Solar power has been usable abroad, now with global warming they become viable here, combining the two could suit the UK.

This is a small DAB/FM radio with clock. Has this new offering from Alba anything new to offer an already crowded market apart from what Alba always offers lower prices.

JVC are most known for Camcorders and TV’s, finally I have managed to get one of their recent 32inch offerings to tell you about.

This is the first dual box that I have seen, great for anyone with a perfectly serviceable tubed analogue TV that only has a single SCART socket; oh that’s exactly my situation when not looking at other peoples offerings.

Putting aside my current favourite MP3 player, it is time to check out a new offering from MPMan.

Add some good weather to a decent pair of earbuds and a good book and what better way to pass an afternoon or three.

In the heart of London’s Soho region, ARCHOS revealed details of some new products aimed at attracting your disposal income. Of course we were there.

Creative has added to the functionality of its Zen device with the release of a speaker unit.

This is an ideal bedroom TV and with the DVD player built in so even when there is nothing to watch live you can always resort to the DVD’s.

Sorry horror fans but this Blade has nothing to do with vampires and blood letting but concerns mobile entertainment.

This is a widescreen HD ready TV but it does not have Freeview built in (they do another model that does £50 more) so this is ideal for anyone with Sky, Cable or a PVR with Freeview.

It is small, feature-rich with plenty of storage capacity and has taken over the task of providing my mobile entertainment.

Since the days of Nynex and Cable and Wireless and then NTL I have had analogue cable television, for a while now I have been nagged to upgrade to digitalTV, but until very recently one of the channels I view a lot was an extra on digital whereas on analogue it was a standard channel.

This is rather like an Archos device I reviewed last year (4/8/06) it is smaller but still has a watchable screen it is far easier to use and the bonus is costs about 1/3 the price.

A red carpet conveniently laid in the Brick Lane area of London lead us to a display of the latest television screens from LG.

A little smaller than the other TV’s I have looked at but not everyone has room for a 32 or 37inch one. This 26inch version is not only just bigger than that it is quite light to move.

This is small about the size of the pocket offerings that were MW/LW radios in my youth, the difference the battery is rechargeable and of course the sound quality is far superior.

Rather than force the user into making a choice, LG takes the approach that two formats will fit into a single box.

Several people I know say Samsung is a good make so after a long while trying I have succeeded to get one to review and you know what they are not wrong.

Blu-ray is one of two new DVD formats giving better sound and vision quality, of course to use it you will need an ‘HD’ ready TV.

The market is awash with 'video capable gadgets' - but without video they are just that - capable. Here we review a product aimed at helping you fill the memory on your mobile device with something to watch.

Not perhaps the most catchy title but if I say 50 hours or use on a single AA battery that becomes interesting and as a DAB radio around 14 hours, did I mention that it’s also tiny in size.

This is a small sized high quality twin tuner PVR, I have been happily using it for several months and in that time I have not had a single problem with it.

Poor manuals make reviewing difficult, however when far better manuals – for other products – are on the same CD it makes you fume.

This is a DAB/FM radio and CD player it comes in a wedge shaped unit containing everything ideal to sit by the bed as it has sleep timer an alarm among it’s features.

This upright unit plays CD’s and has an FM radio it also has a clock, alarm clock and sleep timer. It can also be mounted on a wall, all it’s speakers are built in. All in All it look rather stylish.

Do you fancy your own robot wars? The new N.S.E.C.T Swarm radio controlled creature could be just what you are looking for. A great toy for kids in the 7-11 bracket.

Every so often I tell you about my passion – not ‘X’ certificate – it’s jazz. One of the best double bass players around is Charlie Haden, and, here are two CD’s of his.